Gregory M. Stein
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter Distinguished Professor of Law
A.B., 1983, Harvard University
J.D., 1986, Columbia University
gstein@utk.edu
Selected Publications
Book:
Stein, Gregory M., Morton P. Fisher, Jr., & Gail M. Stern, A Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate Transactions (American Bar Association, 2001; 2d edition forthcoming 2008) - Find in library near you
Chapters:
The House That Ruth Built, in Courting the Yankees: Legal Essays on the Bronx Bombers (Ettie Ward, ed.) (Carolina Academic Press, 2003)
The Effect of Palazzolo v. Rhode Island on the Role of Reasonable Investment-Backed Expectations, in Taking Sides on Takings Issues: Public and Private Perspectives (Thomas E. Roberts, ed.) (American Bar Association, 2002)
Nonrecourse Loans, in 2 Commercial Real Estate Financing: What Borrowers and Lenders Need to Know Now 793 (Practising Law Institute, 1999) - Read: Westlaw
Articles & Other Publications:
The Land Use Right and the New Chinese Property Law, 3 Guanxi: The China Letter __ (forthcoming 2008)
Mortgage Law in China: Comparing Theory and Practice, 72 Missouri Law Review 1315 (2007) Read: SSRN, PDF, Westlaw, LexisNexis
—reprinted in full in 6 ICFAI Journal of Banking Law No. 3 at 8 (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, Hyderabad, India, 2008)
The Chinese Land Use Right: Is It Property?, 21 Probate and Property, No. 5, at 22 (2007) Read: Westlaw, LexisNexis
—selected as recipient of Excellence in Writing Award for Best Overall Article to appear in Probate and Property in 2007 -
Doomed to Re-Repeat History: The Triangle Fire, The World Trade Center Attack, and the Importance of Strong Building Codes, 21 St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary 767 (2007) - Read: SSRN, PDF, Westlaw, LexisNexis
Acquiring Land Use Rights in Today’s China: A Snapshot From on the Ground, 24 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal 1 (2006) - Read: SSRN, Westlaw, LexisNexis
Nuance and Complexity in Regulatory Takings Law, 15 William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal 389 (2006) - Read: PDF, Westlaw, LexisNexis
Early Land Use Cases, Continued Uncertainty: The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 19 Probate and Property, No. 1, at 38 (2005) - Read: Westlaw, LexisNexis
Takings in the 21st Century: Reasonable Investment-Backed Expectations After Palazzolo and Tahoe-Sierra, 69 Tennessee Law Review 891 (2002) Read: PDF, Westlaw, LexisNexis
—selected by the publishers of Land Use and Environment Law Review as one of the thirty best articles on land use and environmental law published in 2002—
When Can a Nonrecourse Lender Reach the Personal Assets of Its Borrower?, 17 Practical Real Estate Lawyer No. 2, at 33 (2001) - Read: Westlaw
Who Gets the Takings Claim? Changes in Land Use Law, Pre-Enactment Owners, and Post-Enactment Buyers, 61 Ohio State Law Journal 89 (2000) - Read: PDF, Westlaw, LexisNexis
The Scope of the Borrower’s Liability in a Nonrecourse Real Estate Loan, 55 Washington and Lee Law Review 1207 (1998) - Read: PDF, Westlaw, LexisNexis
Pinpointing the Beginning and Ending of a Temporary Regulatory Taking, 70 Washington Law Review 953 (1995) Read: PDF, Westlaw, LexisNexis
—reprinted in full in Inverse Condemnation and Related Government Liability 423 (American Law Institute-American Bar Association, 1996)—
Regulatory Takings and Ripeness in the Federal Courts, 48 Vanderbilt Law Review 1 (1995) Read: PDF, Westlaw, LexisNexis
—excerpted in A Land Use Anthology 179 (Jon W. Bruce, ed.) (Anderson Publishing, 1998)
—reprinted in full in Inverse Condemnation and Related Government Liability 79 (American Law Institute-American Bar Association, 1995) -
Hardhat Teaching, The Law Teacher, Fall 1995, p. 1
—excerpted in Gerald F. Hess and Steven Friedland, Techniques for Teaching Law 110 (Carolina Academic Press, 1999)
Laws Made To Be Broken, The Washington Post, July 30, 1993, p. A21
Co-author, Committee Report, American Bar Association, Central and East European Law Initiative, Analysis of Romania’s Law Regarding the General Cadastre and Public Register of Fixed Properties (1992)
Distinguishing Among Murders When Assessing the Proportionality of the Death Penalty, 85 Columbia Law Review 1786 (1985) - Read: PDF, Westlaw, LexisNexis
Recent Professional Presentations:
“We’re Not on Blackacre Anymore: Today’s Law School Curriculum and Law Teachers,” Invited Panelist, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Spring Meeting, San Antonio, TX (2008)
“Negotiating the Mega-Rebuilding Deal at the World Trade Center: Teaching Teachers to Teach Students,” Section Chair, Program Chair, and Moderator, Association of American Law Schools, Annual Meeting, New York, NY (2008)
“Informal Mortgage Law in the People’s Republic of China,” Invited Panelist, Asian Real Estate Society, Annual Meeting, Macau, China (2007)
“Mortgage Law in China: Comparing Theory and Practice,” Invited Speaker, University of Missouri Law School, Conference Honoring Professor Dale Whitman, Columbia, MO (2007)
“Chinese Real Estate Law: Issues and Remedies in the 21st Century,” Invited Panelist, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, FL (2006)
“Recent Developments in Real Estate Law,” Invited Speaker, ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Annual CLE Meeting, San Diego, CA (2006)
“Real Estate Securitization in the United States,” Invited Speaker, East China University of Politics and Law, Shanghai, China, ( 2005)
“Recent Developments in Real Estate Law,” Invited Speaker, ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Annual CLE Meeting, Washington, DC (2005)
“Nuance and Complexity in Takings Law,” Invited Speaker, William and Mary Bill of Rights Institute, Conference on Property Rights Honoring Harvard Law School Professor Frank Michelman, William and Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA (2004)
“Recent Developments in Real Estate Law,” Invited Speaker, ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Annual CLE Meeting, Seattle, WA (2004)
“The United States and China into the 21st Century: A Symposium on History, Culture and International Relations,” Invited Speaker and Invited Panelist, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (2003)
“Investment Expectations After Tahoe and Palazzolo,” Invited Panelist, Fifth Annual Conference on Litigating Regulatory Takings Claims, Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Institute, Berkeley, CA (2002)
“Takings Law and Expectations: The Supreme Court Restores Penn Central,” 2002 Call for Papers, SEALS Annual Meeting, Kiawah Island, SC (2002)
“Is There Any Recourse Against Nonrecourse Financing? The Scope of the Borrower’s Liability in a Nonrecourse Real Estate Loan,” Invited Panelist, ABA Annual Meeting, New York, NY (2000)
“Who Gets the Takings Claim? Changes in Land Use Law, Pre-Enactment Owners, and Post-Enactment Buyers,” 1999 Call for Papers, SEALS Annual Meeting, Hilton Head Island, SC (1999)
“What Borrowers and Lenders Need to Know Now,” Practising Law Institute two-day program on Commercial Real Estate Financing, Invited Panelist on “Letters of Credit; Participations; Nonrecourse; UCC Collateral” and “Trouble Ahead: Lender’s First Ten Steps Before Acceleration,” Atlanta, GA (1999)
“The Impact of the MacCrate Report on the Real Property Curriculum,” Panelist and Program Co-Chair, ABA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (1994)
Service:
American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Fellow (2006–present)
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Drafting Committee on Partition of Tenancy-in-Common Real Property Act, American College of Real Estate Lawyers Observer (2008–present)
AALS Real Estate Transactions Section, Immediate Past Chair (2008–09); Chair (2007–08); Chair-Elect (2006–07); Executive Committee (2004-present)
ABA Property Preservation Task Force, Member (2004-present), examining problem of rural land loss among African-American farmers
Editorial Advisory Board, Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal (1995-2001)
Legal Education Committee, ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Vice-Chair (1994-2006)
Selected Achievements and Affiliations:
Excellence in Writing Award, Best Overall Article to appear in Probate and Property in 2007
W. Allen Separk Faculty Scholarship Award (2006)
Fulbright Senior Specialist, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (2005)
Fulbright Scholar, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (2003)
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2003)
Harold C. Warner Outstanding Teacher Award (1992 and 2001)
Carden Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship (2001)
Last Updated March 28, 2008